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2020 PC 19.50 € 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 127,693 reviews on Steam

A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.

What defines Black Mesa:

Sci-fi setting
Action-packed real-time combat
Lavish presentation
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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The closest matches for Black Mesa are Half-Life: Source, Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Black Mesa special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Half-Life: Source

96 %

2004 PC 👍 69 % Mixed, 16,056 reviews on Steam

Sci-fi setting
Realistic visuals
Action-packed real-time combat

The Source engine version of the shooter classic: as scientist Gordon Freeman you fight through aliens and soldiers after an experiment goes wrong at Black Mesa. Updated lighting, water and physics refresh the look, but it remains the tightly scripted, linear original.

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Realistic visuals

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Half-Life 2

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Unreal II: The Awakening

Realistic visuals

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Realistic visuals

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Prey

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Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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Alien: Rogue Incursion

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Lavish presentation

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